Nijmegen

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Nijmegen is a historic Dutch city near the German border that played a crucial strategic role during World War II, particularly in the Allied advance in 1944.


Statements (69)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman settlement
city
municipality
areaCode 024
bombingBy USAAF (mistaken bombing, 1944)
borderedBy Berg en Dal
Heumen
Lent
Wijchen
climate temperate oceanic climate
country Netherlands
foundedBy Romans
governedBy municipal council of Nijmegen
hasBridge De Oversteek
Snelbinder (rail and cycle bridge)
Waalbrug
hasCityRightsSince before 1230
hasMayor Hubert Bruls
hasMunicipalStatusSince 1818
hasMuseum Nationaal Fietsmuseum Velorama
Valkhof Museum
hasNickname Havana aan de Waal (informal, political)
hasNotableEvent Four Days Marches (International Four Days Marches Nijmegen)
surface form: "Nijmegen Four Days Marches since 1909"
hasNotableStructure Stevenskerk (St. Steven’s Church)
Valkhof hill and ruins
Waag (Weighing House) on Grote Markt
hasPark Goffertpark
Kronenburgerpark
hasPopulation approximately 180000 (municipality, early 2020s)
over 175000 (city proper, early 2020s)
hasRailwayStation Nijmegen Dukenburg railway station
Nijmegen Heyendaal railway station
Nijmegen Lent railway station
Nijmegen railway station
hasUniversity HAN University of Applied Sciences campus
surface form: "HAN University of Applied Sciences (campus)"

Radboud University Nijmegen
headOfGovernment mayor of Nijmegen
isOneOf oldest cities in the Netherlands
isPartOf Randstad-plus urban network (sometimes considered)
knownFor Four Days Marches (International Four Days Marches Nijmegen)
Nijmegen Summer Festival (Zomerfeesten)
Radboud University Medical Center
Roman and medieval archaeology
bridge over the Waal
historic city centre
language Dutch
liberatedIn September 1944
localDialect South Guelderish
locatedIn eastern Netherlands
Gelderland
surface form: "province of Gelderland"
locatedNear German border
locatedOn Waal
surface form: "River Waal"
mayorParty Christian Democratic Appeal
surface form: "CDA (Christian Democratic Appeal)"
partOf Gelderland
surface form: "Stadsregio Arnhem Nijmegen"
playedRoleIn Operation Market Garden
World War II
surface form: "Second World War"
postalCodeRange 6500–6547
RomanName Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum
sawBattle Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944)
strategicImportance control of bridges over the Waal
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
twinCity Albany
surface form: "Albany, New York, United States"

Gaziantep
surface form: "Gaziantep, Turkey"

Kraków
surface form: "Kraków, Poland"

Masaya, Nicaragua
Pskov, Russia
wasBombedOn 22 February 1944
wasObjectiveIn Allied advance in 1944

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: "Four Days Marches"
this entity surface form: "city of Nijmegen"
Gelderland containsCity Nijmegen
SBV Vitesse hasRival Nijmegen
this entity surface form: "NEC Nijmegen"
Kronenburgerpark hasView Nijmegen
this entity surface form: "Nijmegen city centre"
Gelderland historicalCapital Nijmegen
Gelderland largestCity Nijmegen
this entity surface form: "Nijmegen Heyendaal district"
this entity surface form: "Nijmegen metropolitan area"
Lent locatedNorthOf Nijmegen
this entity surface form: "Nijmegen city centre"
this entity surface form: "city of Nijmegen"
De Oversteek near Nijmegen
this entity surface form: "Nijmegen city center"
this entity surface form: "city of Nijmegen"
this entity surface form: "Nijmegen urban area"
subject surface form: "Nijmegen Summer Festival"
this entity surface form: "Nijmegen city centre"

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